diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e0156bb..14a7f63 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ endif
 venv3: ### Creates a virtual environment for this project
 	test -d $(VENV) || python3.8 -m venv $(VENV)
 	$(PIP) install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools twine
+	$(PIP) install -r requirements.txt
 	$(PIP) install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 clean: clean-build clean-pyc ### Cleans artifacts
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8e7061
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python-dotenv==1.0.0
diff --git a/src/core/ydata/core/common/environment.py b/src/core/ydata/core/common/environment.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bfe25f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/ydata/core/common/environment.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import os
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from enum import Enum
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+
+
+class Environment(Enum):
+  DEV = "development"
+  PROD = "production"
+
+  @classmethod
+  def detect(cls, parser: ArgumentParser = ArgumentParser(description='parse environment')):
+    parser.add_argument('--env', type=str, required=False)
+
+    args, _ = parser.parse_known_args()
+    env_string = args.env or 'prod'
+
+    if env_string in ('dev', 'development'):
+      env_string = 'development'
+    elif env_string in ('prod', 'production'):
+      env_string = 'production'
+    else:
+      raise ValueError('missing environment')
+
+    return cls(env_string)
+
+  def load(self):
+    # load the file specific to the environment
+    load_dotenv(f'.env.{str(self.name).lower()}')
+    load_dotenv(f'.env.{self.value}')
+
+    # Load the .env file if exists with default values
+    load_dotenv()
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def get(key: str, default=None):
+    return os.getenv(key, default=default)
+
+  @staticmethod
+  def set(key: str, value: str):
+    os.environ[key] = value
diff --git a/src/core/ydata/core/common/logger.py b/src/core/ydata/core/common/logger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d5acac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/ydata/core/common/logger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import logging
+from typing import TextIO
+import sys
+
+
+def create_logger(name, stream: TextIO = sys.stdout, level=logging.INFO):
+  handler = logging.StreamHandler(stream)
+  handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter("%(asctime)s | %(levelname)s | %(module)s:%(lineno)d | %(message)s"))
+
+  logger = logging.getLogger(name)
+  logger.setLevel(level)
+  logger.addHandler(handler)
+  logger.propagate = False
+
+  return logger